Poultry-house.



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POULTRY HOUSE.l

APPLICATION FILED APR. s. 1916.

attorno? W. D. SIDDALL L W. R. HASSELL.

vPOULTRY HOUSE.

APPLICATION min APRA. 1916.

Patented Nov. 2S, 1916,

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WILLIE D. SIDDALL AND WILLIAM R.'-HASSELL, 0F ALVARADO, TEXAS.

POULTRY-I-IOUSE.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, WniLrE D. SIDDALL and VILLIAM R. HAssnLL, citizens of the United States, residing at Alvarado, in the county of Johnson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Houses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in poultry houses and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character with novel and improved roosting means for fowls together with novel and improved means for readily cleansing the house.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the improved poultry house; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective illustrating the lower end of one of the movable floors as herein disclosed; Fig. 5 is a detail transverse section of one of the nests and its supporting means; and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view with parts broken away of one of the coops.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of our invention, 1, 2 and 3 designate the supports for Vthe frame of the improved poultry house, the supports 1 and 3 constituting the end supports for the house, the

support 2 being arranged in alinement with and between the end supports as is shown. Each of these supports is of ysimilar construction and comprises vertically arranged side bars 4 which are connected at their upper ends by means of the cross pieces 5; Longitudinally and transversely extending bars 6 and 7 respectively are secured to the uprights 4 adjacent their lower ends to provide means for holding the supports in rigid relation, a permanent roof 8 being secured in any suitable manner tothe Vcross pieces 5 and cooperating with the longitudinal bars to accomplish this result.V The roof 8 is preferably constructed of sheetV metal and extends but slightly downwardly upon the uprights 4 terminating at either side of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV, 28, 1916,

Application led April 8, 1916.

serial No. 89,914.

house adjacent the upper ends of the uprights.

A iioor '9 may be mounted upon the longitudinal bars 6 and slightly above this floor and extending longitudinally of the house and being secured to the uprights 4 are other longitudinal bars 10, similar bars 11 being arranged longitudinally of the house and connected to the uprights adjacent their upper ends, the said bars 11 being arranged adjacent the longitudinal edges of the roof 8 and the roof preferably having the edges Y ing preferably throughout the entire length Y of the sides ofthe housing, although it is to be understood that a portion of the sides may be formed of sheet metal, with the remaining portion of a reticulated material should it be desired to so construct the house in this manner.

Hinged to the bars 11, as at 14, are strips 15 which are of a length to extend beyond the bars 10 when the strips are in a lowered or-closing position. These strips have secured thereto plates 15ri which may be formed in single strips so as to overlie the entire area of each side of the house, or may be formed Y,in sections, as desired. These plates may be swung inwardly upon `the hinges 14 so as to overlie the reticulated sides -13 to inclose the house, or may be swung outwardly at any desired angle to the house-so as to open the same and act as a sheltering means to shade the house and prevent rain or the lilrerpassing through the open sides. The plates 15a maybe maintained in their outward or elevated adjustment in any desired manner.

` One end of the housing is closed by a per'- isty the bars 21. Thus these nests may move to any desired position longitudinally of the bars 2l without removing the same Jfrom the bers. These nests are provided with removable bottoms 25 which are slidably arranged within the boxes, whereby the nests may be readily cleaned.

Bars 2G and 2T are secured at their inner ends to the uprights 4C of the intermediate support 2 and extend downwardly from the intermediate support and are secured at their outer ends to the uprights of the end support 3,-said bars being arranged in vertical spaced relation and being connected by roost bars 28.

Arranged below each pair of bars 26 and 27 is the movable floor 29 consisting of an endless member disposed around the drums 30 and 3l, theV drums 30 being rotatably supported by the uprights i of the support 2, while the drums 31 are rotatably supported by the uprights 4 of the support 3. Each of the drums 3l has operatively engaged therewith an operating crank 3:2Ywhereby the requisite movement mayY be imparted to the endless floor Q9, and coacting with the portion ot' the floor passing around the drum 3l, is a scraper 33 for a purpose which is believed to be self-evident. l

IVe also i'ind it of advantage to position within each of the nests 22 an endless tubular member 3% provided with suitable perforations and said member 34 is provided with anabsorbent packing 35 adapted to be saturated with a suitable liquid which will serve to render the nest vermin-proof.

The uprights of the end support 3 have secured thereto a plate 36 which serves to close this end of the housing and this plate may be provided with openings to be closed by hinged doors 37 and 38 to Vprovide access to the upper and lower roosts. Upon raising either of the doors and rotating either of the cranks 32, either of the iioors 29 may be moved for cleansing purposes. It will also be noted that the lower ends of the bars 26 and 27 serve as stops to limit the downward or inward movement of the doors 37 and 88.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, we have illustrated a coop which is of substantially similar construction to the housing and which Copies of this patent maybe obtained for is adapted to be arranged therein. This coop comprises end supports 39 and 40 which Y may be connected by the longitudinal and transverse bars il and 4t2 and which may be provided ina manner similar to the house, with a covering of reticulated material 43. A door 44 is hinged to one of the transverse bars Ll2 to provide a means of access or exit to or from the coop and by raising or opening this door, the floor 45, which is slidably mounted upon the transverse and longitu-V dinal connecting bars, may be removed for cleaning purposes. Y

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction, op-

eration and advantages of the improved scribed certain specic embodiments of our invention, we do not Wish to be limited thereto, except for such limitations as the claim may import.

Y W e claim: 1

A poultry house including a frame comprising upstanding supports, a plurality of vertically spaced pairs of bars connecting said supports and directed on a downward incline,the bars of each pair being in transverse alinement', a series of roost bars connecting each pair of bars, an endless Hoor positioned beneath each series of roost bars and disposed substantially in parallelism with the bars to which said roost bars are connected, and a scraping member coacting with the lower end portion of each of the endless floors, said housing being provided with a door above the lower end of each of said endless floors and extending above the pair of bars adjacent thereto, the lower ends of the vertically spaced pairs of bars servingA to limit the inward movement of the doors.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aiiix our signatures in the presence of two wit-y nesses.

WILLIE D. SIDDALL. WILLIAM B. HASSELL. Witnesses:

H. L. GRAVES, R. R. OWEN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

